RANT: cost of spare parts vs total replacement cost

What is a "cat&dog cleaner"?

In article , Nick scribeth thus

A mate of mine has just bought a Miele. Now there're very good appliances from what I hear, and our Miele vacuum is excellent a lot of use and some abuse but it keeps going.

Now in a few rented houses we have we have to supply a washing machine. Now a decent Hoover or Bosch one can be had for 300 give or take a bob or so. A Miele is I believe around 800 to 900.

Now we don't expect a 300 quid machine to last more than 3 to 4 years before something like the PCB etc develops a fault and more often than not the repairer comes along sez "this is going to cost around a 100 or so to put right" or "sorry thats going to cost even more, best get a new one here I think. Heres my 60 quid call out charge"..

So a Miele assuming 9 -10 years faultless use or 3 x 300 quid three machines over say a 9-10 year period?.

And the latest tech and software in and on each one?..

Which way is better?.....

In message , Tim Streater writes

It does rather conjure up some unusual images. It's the name of one of their vacuum cleaner models designed for getting animal hair out of carpets etc.

Phew. I imagined something a bit like a twin-tub.

I used to use a Henry with the vacuum reduction hole open and a brush to clear my dog's coat, and he enjoyed the experience. He *was* a bit strange, though...

You're right - 1965

It's my C15 that's 1960

Well, dogs seem to like sticking their heads out of car windows; maybe they really enjoy the feel of the wind in their fur.

For personal use I would opt for pay once for quality. But for rental you might need to consider that after 3-4 years by various tenants it will likely look shabby and outdated. So perhaps in that case the renew more often approach is better.

Besides, the first tenants could do a runner with it?

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They don't want him.

Ditto with Nilfisk. There was a 5 yr guarantee on the motor, which was just as well, as I managed to burn it out (through not cleaning the secondary filter often enough) at 4.9 yrs. Nilfisk local agent stepped up to the mark, right smart and replaced it with a more powerful new one, after reminding me of the 5yr warranty. Mind you, another Nilfisk agent would have happily taken the full whack out of my pocket for a motor and didn't tell me anything about the guarantee.

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